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  1. One Jump Ahead is US Army Slogan

    Date released
    14 Aug 1940
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    987
    NoS ID
    037434
    Story no
    6 / 7

    America trains parachute troops a part of high-speed defence programme.

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  2. Night Mail/West Highland (2004)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0, 55 minutes), £19.99

    A compilation of two classic films on steam trains

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  3. A Novel Railway

    Date released
    16 Mar 1933
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    615
    NoS ID
    333163
    Story no
    1 / 4

    British Pathe synopsis: "It’s a model Clockwork Railway, perfect in scale and detail. Here’s the terminus, complete with platforms, sidings, signals, etc." M/S of man tending to his model railway -...

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  4. News in Brief

    Date released
    23 May 1935
    Series name
    Universal News
    Issue no
    508
    NoS ID
    141482
    Story no
    5 / 10
    Extras
    1 commentary sheet

    Harold Smith, Olympic high diver of USA, trains German team

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  5. News from America

    Date released
    13 Jul 1942
    Series name
    Universal News
    Issue no
    1251
    NoS ID
    147078
    Story no
    2 / 4

    Chemical warfare. Canada’s new torpedo boats. High school trains for commandos.

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  6. Quaint Railways

    Date released
    10 Aug 1933
    Series name
    Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
    Issue no
    636
    NoS ID
    333254
    Story no
    2 / 6

    NoS Summary - small railway train is contrasted with a locomotive British Pathe synopsis: "Not all the Railways in Britain have the many-ton engines such as we see generally. Here’s a contrast." C/U of...

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  7. Dispatches: Train Journeys from Hell (2011)

    Subject
    Travel & tourism
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £30.00

    The taxpayer has been spending billions to upgrade the British rail network yet many passengers have complained of high ticket prices, overcrowded carriages and cancellations. Dispatches asked actor Richard...

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  8. Hidden Power (1994 Video)

    Producer
    Philip Ashby
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Explores the materials science behind the engineering of national electricity supplies, both above and below ground. Shows work inside a high-voltage test lab and inside the production areas for porcelain...

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  9. Looking at Transport

    Date released
    1956
    Series name
    Cinegazette
    Issue no
    15
    NoS ID
    349280
    Story no
    1 / 1

    BTF synopsis: The design of London Transport’s trains and vehicles, buildings, equipment and furniture reveals a style which is charateristic of the whole undertaking, a style which this film shows dates...

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  10. Britain from Above (2008)

    Subject
    Geography; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 285 minutes), £29.99

    The lives, landscape & history of our nation as never seen before. This landmark series takes the most brilliant aerial and satellite images and uses the most revealing data and technologies to present a...

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